I just installed Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64! So far it's a really nice layout. I do want to know a few things in regards to performance tweaks!

How do I disable all the annoying need permission pop-ups of any kind?
How do I make my mouse single click for everything?
Also, is there a feature that disables services when ever I'm in game mode.
This would include anyhing that hogs memory such as windows themes and skins and what not. I just need some advise..thank you!

Ok well I can answer the first question. User Account Control (UAC) can be disabled in the user account control panel. Click on "Change Security Settings" and there is a check box for UAC. Just uncheck it.

I'm not sure about disabling services when in "game" mode. What is this game mode you speak of...? Is this just what you're calling it when you're playing games? because I don't think there is a "game" mode. And I don't think there is a way to disable services based on whether a program (or game in this case) is running. And personally I don't think you need to worry about it....

And anytime you run a game it automatically turns off the Aero interface...so you don't have to worry about that hogging resources.

Vista is very good at releasing memory when its needed. You don't have to do anything tbh. Aero and even Dreamscenes don't affect gaming at all

actually dreamscene does affect gaming for me, when i have it running while playing unreal tournament and ut2004, i do see a hit with the frame rate. here's a tweak i found to force it to pause.

right click on the game shortcut then go to properties and then the compatibility tab, check the disable visual themes and disable desktop composition boxes. if you're running dreamscene, it'll pause the dreamscene wallpaper and forces aero off, which vista is supposed to do anyway.

doing that seemed to make a bit of difference for unreal tournament and ut2004. you will need the game resolution to be the same as the desktop with nvidia cards or the screen will be scrambled.

Depending on the other apps you use and your personal expertise, it is recommended to keep it on. If you know your way around, you can turn it off and you will be better off while installing new apps and stuff. But then turn it back on for added security. That's what it's there for

I just hate UAC and it was the first thing I disabled, if one knows what he's doing its defenitly nothing you ever need.

Well, there is always a possibility that an otherwise safe program can be compromised by any number of means which don't involve user interaction. And when such a thing happens, you'll be able to notice the odd behavior immediately with UAC.

Not only that, but there can come a point where you'll start seeing programs that are just fine to run strictly within the user sandbox, and thus can't really do anything harmful to your computer, so you'll be fine running that program regardless of where it came from, unless it pops up UAC.